A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.

On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty professor.

Five months after the final events, the third and final season covers several real-life stories while focusing on two major issues: the possible acquisition and struggle for control of the ACN, and the repercussions of leaked confidential documents received by Neal from a mysterious source within the government.

The second season follows the 2012 election and previous year’s events. The team will continue their mission of doing the news well, facing both business and corporate obstacles, as well as their own personal entanglements.

A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.